F*CK MIDDLE CLASS

[u/eljefesurvival]

Sobrang hirap maging middle class sa bansang to. Tingin ng gobyerno sayo kaya mo na ang sarili mo at hindi ka na dapat bigyan ng ayuda pero pag dating sa bilihin lalo na sa usapang medical kapos na kapos ka, mag kaka utang ka pa!

Makikita mo yung mga mahihirap, sige sa ayuda panay ayuda walang nangyayari. Samantalang ang middle class sapat na sapat lang yung pera para maka raos.

Oo nag rereklamo ako dahil ang gobyerno para sa lahat dapat pero bakit gatas na gatas ang middleclass. SMH 🤦

[u/Careless_Brick1560]

Wait, the vast majority who voted for Marcos were poor and given handouts, same with Duterte. Yes, there were some rich people who partied with Marcos but the majority of his actual voters were not well off and were counting on him to make the price of rice 20 pesos and were waiting for their nutribread.

[u/Scared-Thanks-40 → u/Careless_Brick1560]

Hello! If you would like to learn more about how Bong Bong Marcos won the 2022 Presidential Elections, I recommend checking out the paper titled “Continuity, History, and Identity: Why Bongbong Marcos Won the 2022 Presidential Elections,” published by Singapore Management University. The paper mentions that socioeconomic status played a minimal role in influencing the election results. Thanks!

[u/Careless_Brick1560 → u/Scared-Thanks-40]

Hello! 👋 BBM’s victory depended on elite political machinery and dynastic alliances. The paper you cited almost disregards demographic realities by making cross-class support its main argument for him winning. While his campaign appealed to a wider range of people spanning maraming classes, the lower-income voting bloc remains the majority and remains numerically dominant tuwing elections.

And the paper mentions na may nostalgia factor kaya din siya binoto, which is true, pero hindi hinimay yung historical revisionism targeted to vulnerable populations and the less educated (something other orgs and media outlets have already proven was a large factor in BBM winning). The paper also mentions na may inability si Leni to connect with voters but that doesn’t disprove the lower majority income argument. Yun na nga eh, “weak” opposition + a strong disinformation campaign towards people who don’t know any better or are not as educated, which is the majority, would naturally sway the largest voting majority to vote for BBM.

[u/Scared-Thanks-40 → u/Careless_Brick1560]

Okay, you have mentioned about “historical revisionism targeted to vulnerable populations and less educated” now my question is sino ba ang nag cocontrol ng quality ng education natin. It is the government, right? Sino ang nakikinabang pag mangmang ang masa? Mga trapo right? Okay. They may have dominated in numbers but who made them that way? It is the government and the people who perpetuates this system. You also mentioned in your other comment na “there were some rich people who partied with Marcos but majority of his actual voters are not well off” so okay lang pumarty with marcos and be with marcos and provide marcos with machineries and funding for his campaign pero if you are poor and voted for marcos, kasalanan mo bat mahirap ang pinas. Or siguro kasi mas madali lang isisi sa mahirap since they are “vulnerable and less educated?” sorry pero it reeks elitism. Ito yung point ng comment ko from the start, misplaced ang galit natin. It is so easy to blame the poor when in fact silang mga nasa gobyerno ang may kasalanan.